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Ech_01 t1_j7acdbt wrote

Reply to comment by TheMooseIsBlue in What causes the onset of puberty specifically? by Voomit

Like i said in my comment above, leptin hormone starts spiking during the age of 10 which releases the inhibition on KDNy-neurons and thus we get release of Kiss peptides, thus GnRH starts getting released and we get FSH and LH (thus Testosterone)

Check my other comment in this thread for more detail

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Atypical_Mammal t1_j7a8q8a wrote

Reply to comment by efh1 in Back in the late 90s, I remember hearing that scientists “cloned a sheep”. What actually happened with the cloning, and what advancements have been made as a result of that? by foxmag86

I don't think human cloning is going to take off because there's kind of no point. You are not going to get anywhere near the same person as the original.

Yeah, sure, DNA might be the same - but there are so many variables from embryonic stage all the way to adulthood that might make the end result completely different. Nature versus nurture blah blah blah

The only way it might work is Maybe lonely narcissistic people raising clone babies of themselves

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jerden t1_j7a5ek5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Did the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in the US increase the incidence of type 1 diabetes in adolescents? by legendary_kazoo

Having a "generally poor lifestyle" has nothing to do with developing Type 1 diabetes. You're likely thinking of Type 2. In Type 1 diabetes, usually when you are relatively young, your pancreas ceases making any insulin. Lifestyle has nothing to do with it. In Type 2, your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin, and the insulin it is making doesn’t always work as it should (can be related to an unhealthy lifestyle).

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